Charles Lionel Napier

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Admiral Charles Lionel Napier, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (16 November, 1861 – 10 March, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 31 December, 1902 he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[1]

On 18 February, 1907, he was appointed to the Powerful, additional, as Captain in Charge of Naval Establishments in Sydney, Australia.[2]

Great War

On 31 October, 1914, Napier was apparently appointed to H.M.S. President for Special Service at the Admiralty.[3] On 2 November he was appointed as Rear-Admiral at Brightlingsea, where he remained until at least a year later.[4]

Napier was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 January, 1918, vice Patey.[5] He was placed on the Retired List on 26 April.[6] On 1 July, 1921, he was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List.[7]

Napier died at his home, Torriano, La Croix, Var, France, on 10 March, 1934, at the age of seventy-two.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 3. 2 January, 1903.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 20 February, 1907. Issue 38261, col C, pg. 11.
  3. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 374a.
  4. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (October, 1915). p. 3.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30457. p. 273. 4 January, 1918.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30678. p. 5602. 10 May, 1918.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32384. p. 5487. 8 July, 1921.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Napier" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 14 March, 1934. Issue 46702, col C, pg. 14.

Service Record

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